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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many applications do they limit you to? If you push back on it, they may likely make an exception. Our school used to limit apps but parents said no way as college admissions became more of a crap shoot - and it is unconscionable for a high school to limit applications these days. It literally takes no extra work from the HS college office if a kid applies to 20 schools instead of 10. I have a child at a SLAC and you are right about no ED advantage at Williams for example, but if your child has an absolute first choice, whether SLAC or university, I would ED anyway because why not? If they get in, they can be done. Otherwise, I would have them do any EA schools they are interested in (probably not many SLACs offer that), ED a top choice if they have it, ED2 only if they are sure that school is their next time, and RD widely if necessary. One of my dd's closest friends simply did not apply to enough schools, and as a result ended up at a school she does not love - but did not apply to some she would have. She was pressured by her college office to only apply to a couple of reaches, but then fill out the rest of her list with targets and safeties. She 100% would have gotten in, either RD or off WL, to a reach SLAC if she had just applied to enough of them. [/quote]

It isn't quite right to say that there is no "ED Advantage".  There is one for certain hooked applicants.  Just not for your kid.[/quote]

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